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AL HB173
Bill
Status
3/21/2023
Primary Sponsor
Barbara Drummond
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AI Summary
HB173 Summary
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Provides a 2 percent salary increase for all certificated K-12 employees (teachers) in city and county school systems beginning fiscal year 2023-2024, with increases applied across all experience levels from 0 to 35+ years.
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Grants a 2 percent pay increase to K-12 education support personnel (including bus drivers) and part-time support employees beginning fiscal year 2023-2024, in addition to any existing salary increases.
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Establishes 2 percent salary increases for employees at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, and Alabama School of Mathematics and Science for fiscal year 2023-2024.
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Requires the Board of Trustees of the Community College System to revise all two-year postsecondary institution salary schedules to reflect a 2 percent increase for fiscal year 2023-2024, with employees receiving credit for prior public education work experience.
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Excludes school superintendents from automatic pay increases (any superintendent raise requires majority recorded vote of governing body) and exempts salary supplements, National Board certification bonuses, and JROTC federal salary portions from the increase provisions.
Legislative Description
Relating to the salaries of public education employees; to provide for a revision of the State Minimum Salary Schedule to reflect a pay increase of two percent beginning with the fiscal year 2023-2024; to provide that each employee of certain boards of education shall receive the pay increase according to placement on the appropriate salary step; to require the appropriate increases on the State Minimum Salary Schedule; to provide support employees with a two percent pay increase beginning with the fiscal year 2023-2024; to require salary schedules; to provide the employees of certain other public educational institutions and schools with a two percent pay increase for the 2023-2024 fiscal year; to provide for an across the board salary increase on all two-year postsecondary salary schedules, to establish other requirements on the two-year postsecondary salary schedules; and to establish miscellaneous pay provisions relating to public education.
FY24 2% Teacher Pay Raise
Last Action
Introduced and Referred to House Ways and Means Education
3/21/2023